2 Edutainment Options for Social Studies
1. The Oregon TrailOur first eLearning program was “The Oregon Trail.” Time jump to the 1800’s where you are a settler leaving Independence, Missouri to travel 2,000 miles of rough terrain to arrive at the verdant valley of Oregon City. You survived if you made good decisions. My students loved debating about what were the best choices to make. They wanted to learn more about the Oregon Trail. I had them do research, draw maps and write imaginary, illustrated journals of life on the trail. No two journals were alike. The students wrote creatively using unique colorful adjectives, similes and metaphors as if they had actually experienced it! “The Oregon Trail” is one of the best examples of edutainment elearning. We need more like it.